Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A sad day — weeks — as 75 years of hockey history is ending here on James Street with the demolition of the Bracebridge Memorial Arena. “The rink” as its best known, is but a pile of cinder blocks today with the original east end ice sheet reduced to […]
GRAVENHURST — After a summer hiatus, Rotary TV Bingo returns to Cogeco tonight, Wednesday Sept. 18, with $2,000 on offer as usual. Technical issues that left bingo players out of the loop have been resolved and the service club is on the air at the cable TV station from 7-8 p.m. With five games — […]
PORT CARLING — A Port Carling man who fled a fiery stolen vehicle, which crashed overnight today east of Port Carling, faces multiple charges after eventually being apprehended. Police said this morning they are investigating a small grey vehicle fire in Muskoka Lakes Township. On Sept. 16, at 2:30 a.m., officers, along with Muskoka Lakes […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Of the countless versions of Rhapsody in Blue, the one last night by Kyung-A Lee and a quintet from the Orillia Silver Band ranks respectfully up there with some of the scaled down best. In the dozen hands of a half dozen immensely talented Simcoe and Muskoka musicians, the […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The crowd was ready to rock ’n’ roll. So were the Muskoka Bears when they were announced — and then there were their opponents. But more than luck was on the side of Alliston who dominated the opening 10 minutes with a 3-0 lead and only […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A crowd of 777 wasn’t lucky for the Muskoka Bears last night who were unlucky to draw a top PJHL opponent the Alliston Hornets in their season opener. Friday the 13th was downright scary in an 11-0 drubbing by one of the best over the first-year […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A pair of highway robberies this week along Hwy. 11 north and south of Gravenhurst has police asking the public’s surveillance help. The latest incident, last night, occurred south of the business core at the One Stop gas bar. And according to the clerk they believed the man had […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A 21-year police officer was charged last week with assault after an altercation involving a teen at Santa’s Village last June. The OPP say that officer Heather Claridge, 45, was arrested and charged Wednesday, Sept. 4 as a result of an altercation at the amusement park with another visitor last June 8. Members […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Is time really running out on a hospitals submission? Is there a “breach of the public’s trust” in MAHC’s board of directors? Why does MAHC have “confidence” in its proposal? Why was the Save South Muskoka Hospital Committee not included in hospital working groups studying all options — and […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Two springs ago Leonard Ojha stood atop a pile of beach sand overlooking Lake Muskoka and said: “All this can be yours.” In May he and his wife Marie made good on that promise, posing on the balcony of The Alexander with that same spectacular view […]
HUNTSVILLE — The students made it home safely yesterday afternoon — but the “bears” remained out of hibernation. And they were back in the schoolyard here at Spruce Glen Public School this morning. A hold and secure was put in place again Tuesday — a second day in a row — shortly after classes resumed. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Rhapsody in Blue: One more time. That’s Kyung-A Lee and Neil Barlow “Take Two.” The celebrated Huntsville musicians who played to a sold-out concert last month with their celebration of George Gershwin’s century old classic returns for an encore in Orillia at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Saturday Sept. 14 […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police were called to escort students onto buses and leave Spruce Glen Public School this afternoon after a hold and secure due to a bear in the schoolyard. All students and staff are safe and the OPP were called. Families have received communication. In a hold and secure, exterior doors are locked and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Troi bravos! Mary Jibb is “the talk of the town,” as Bracebridge celebrated her first Paralympics successes Friday after three finals along with top 10 finishes in all four of her races — including personal best in the 100 butterfly. “A huge congratulations to Mary Jibb for her outstanding […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Jung Won Lee has run the Gull Lake Variety store for 23 years. And he’s looking forward to retiring in a “few year.” But he never thought he’d be selling beer in his corner store across from the old Train Station. “I’ve sold a few (six) packs,” he said […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — White caps, one in the drink and a record number of boat entries were among the highlights today in the Muskoka Fall Classic rowing regatta. A raw wind and light rain made it tough rowing for hundreds of competitors in the Georgian Bay Rowing Club’s annual races at Gull […]
HUNTSVILLE — A 14-year-old girl who has been missing for almost two weeks has been found safe. Police here had requested public assistance after she was last seen Aug. 24 at 11:30 p.m. Three days later Amelia was reported missing to the OPP. She was last seen in the Huntsville area and was described as […]
GRAVENHURST — A suspected grocery store thief who slipped in an employee entrance after the YIG closed Wednesday night is accused of assaulting a worker who confronted him. The incident Sept. 4 at 10:20 p.m. took place across from the OPP satellite office at Harvie and First streets. Police were dispatched after the store closed […]
MUSKOKA — An outbreak at SMMH in which 18 patients and 5 staff were infected has come to an end. As of Friday, Sept. 6, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) says in a release today that in consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit thy have confirmed the COVID-19 outbreak on North Wing at South […]
GRAVENHURST — The “British Invasion” has come and gone. Like the Barge season. Sunday was the final night of Music on the Barge with the best of the Beatles and other mop top sensations from the 1960s when soft rock kicked led the charge in to the hard rock of the ’70s. Despite the first […]
